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One Room Challenge Week 3: Minor Crises and Progress Updates
Welcome to ORC Week 3! Otherwise known as the fake half-way point. Because, let’s face it, you don’t really have until November 10th to finish your room – the zhushing, styling and photography (and then waiting for said images to come back from the photographer), and the reveal blog post all need to be locked and loaded by…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 2: Little Landing, Big Color
Welcome to ORC Week 2! ICYMI – you can check out my Week 1 post here. I’m transforming an unused 2nd floor landing into a cozy nook for the whole family to read, play games, and wind down before bedtime. Well, let’s see – what’s up with the landing? The walls came tumbling down, thanks…
Read MoreMoody Hues
Although the “bathed in white” aesthetic (as I like to call it) is still going strong, I have also noticed an emerging trend in quite the opposite direction. Rooms that envelop you with strong, deep, dark colors are providing a visual antidote to all the white-walled light-and-brightness. Yes, even black! I can almost hear painters across…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Week 1: This One’s for the Boys
After sitting out last spring, I am thrilled to be participating in my third One Room Challenge, the bi-annual blogger extravaganza put on by Linda at Calling it Home (whom I had the pleasure of meeting this past summer, what a treat!). If you are new to the ORC – here’s how it works…20 preeminent…
Read MoreJunior League of Boston 2016 Decorators’ Show House: Scheming and Planning
It’s official – the Junior League of Boston Decorators’ Show House is back, after a 3+ year hiatus, for its 45th anniversary year. I got wind of the designer preview days back in December, and decided to check out the house on a lark. The show house is again taking place in Newton, in the…
Read MoreAn Interview With Traci Zeller
Have you ever met someone and thought, this is exactly what and who I want to be in 5 years? This is precisely what happened to me two years ago when I was introduced to Charlotte-based interior designer Traci Zeller at the High Point spring market (OK, I think I introduced myself 🙂 ). She…
Read MoreThis Little Light: My Go-To Mini Floor Lamp
You’ve heard it before – “lighting is the jewelry of the room.” Well, maybe you haven’t heard it before. But you have now! I love including statement light fixtures in a space, be it a funky table lamp or a sparkly chandelier. But sometimes, the need is far more functional than decorative. And sometimes, the…
Read MoreMy Tips for Creating a Welcoming, Functional Entryway
Last month, my vestibule, which I transformed as part of the Spring 2015 One Room Challenge, was featured in a new digital publication called Three Magazine – on the cover, no less! Since this magazine is still up and coming, I’m guessing many of you (ok, probably none of you, excepting my mom and sister)…
Read MoreProject Reveal: Brown Moves Down, A Home Lights Up
This past summer, a new client and her husband hired me to redecorate their family room and the adjacent eat-in kitchen. Their home is gorgeous – set back on a hill surrounded by mature trees, and renovated and expanded a few years ago. One of the big changes was the addition of a gracious family room,…
Read MoreOne Room Challenge – Week 6: Manbrary Reveal
I’m so pleased and proud to announce that the Manbrary is now officially open for business. It was a close one, but thanks to more than a few exceptional vendors and partners, I finished on time to reveal it to you today! We made a HUGE leap forward from last week. My husband and I…
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